Lou was probably trying to bring the deal down as slowly as possible to keep the cap hit as manageable as possible. Instead of jumping straight to the 13-year/$91M deal spoken of so much around here, it probably went something like this:

Lou: How about $102M over 17 years.Daly: We already rejected that.Lou: OK, how about $101.5M over 17 years.Daly: Come on, man.Lou: OK, how about $101M over 16.5 years.Daly: You can't have half-years in contracts.Lou: OK, how about $101M over 16 years.Daly: You're breakin' my balls, Lou.Lou: OK, how about $101M over 16 years.Daly: You just said that!Lou: OK, how about $102M over 17 years.Daly: You're going in the wrong direction there, chief.Lou: OK, how about $100.5M over 16 years.Daly: Only Luongo can play til he's 43.Lou: OK, How about ... hey, that's B.S.!Daly: Suck it.Lou: You suck it.Daly: Do you wanna sign this Kovalchuk guy or what?Lou: OK, how about $100M over 15 years.Daly: I don't hate that.Lou: Suck it.

Bobby Holik wouldn't name a (Christmas) song. He said: "Music means nothing to me." When Tom Gulitti of the Record suggested he'd be called Scrooge, Holik said: "It won't be the first time." -Bobby Holik Christmas 2008

“I made a decision to be here. Just because the team is going through a rough time doesn’t mean you leave. This has become my second home. I love playing here. Patrik Elias January 31, 2011

OK -- thanks to Crasher I'm thinking about Polaner AllFruit and Jason Arnott... we could be in for a really long season. There is something really amusing about Arnott -- let's hope he doesn't disappoint like Matvichuk before him.